2017 marked our second year teaching hemp paper making workshops at Floydfest. One on Saturday, and one on Sunday in the Imagine Tent. Sunday during our workshop, one of our favorite bands, Rising Appalachia, was recording some live music videos – it was such a treat to hear them playing in the background during the […]

On June 10, 2017 during the 7th annual Hemp History Week, a bunch of hemp farmers, processors, and supporters gathered in Bethlehem, PA to celebrate all things hemp. I had a papermaking demo setup and we were making hemp paper all day! Next to me was a group of builders from PA doing hempcrete building. […]

In summer 2016, while driving to Maryland from Kentucky, I stopped in Parkersburg, WV to visit Morgan Leach, founder of the West Virginia Hemp Farmers Co-operative. Check out the post on Fiber Farming in Appalachia for photos. I recently made paper with the stalks, which were unretted and green when I got them and processed […]

A while back after DC legalized adult use marijuana, my buddy, Adam Eidinger (co founder of DCMJ, the group that got i71 on the ballot and passed), gave me some cannabis stalks from his homegrown plants. It took me a while to get around to making paper with it, due to having a stockpile of […]